Former Forest target linked with loan move to Italy

Karanka denies £2m bid for Clayton

Middlesbrough's Adam Clayton battles Chelsea's Eden Hazard

Aitor Karanka says he wants to bring the “best possible” players to Nottingham Forest and regards Adam Clayton as one of the best midfielders in the Championship – but says the Reds have not made a bid for the Middlesbrough man.

Meet the referee...

Saturday’s official is Bobby Madley, one of the Premier League’s top officials. This season he’s taken charge of 18 games, issued 68 yellow cards and five reds. His last game was Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Everton in the FA Cup at the beginning of January. Reds fans might remember him sending off Dexter Blackstock in what was a dubious decision against Derby at the City Ground in September 2012.

Referee Robert Madley (Image: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

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#Statto 2

Time for another little stat ahead of the visit to Molineux this weekend...

Forest haven’t lost four consecutive league matches against Wolves since a run of five between 1971 and 1977

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We’ll be at the City Ground shortly to hear from Aitor Karanka after his first full week at his new club. Stay tuned for news and pictures of his pre-Wolves press conference.

Former Boro boss Karanka took over at the City Ground Monday (Image: Joseph Raynor)

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#Statto

Time for some pre-Wolves stats...

Aitor Karanka has won each of his last four matches against Wolves in all competitions since losing his first in October 2014 at Molinuex as Middlesbrough boss